United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child CRC/C/ISR/CO/2-4 Distr.: General 4 July 2013 Original: English Committee on the Rights of the Child Concluding observations on the second to fourth periodic reports of Israel, adopted by the Committee at its sixty-third session (27 May – 14 June 2013) 1. The Committee considered the combined second to fourth periodic reports of Israel (CRC/C/ISR/2-4) at its 1796 and 1797 meetings (see CRC/C/SR. 1796 and 1797), held on 3 June 2013, and adopted the following concluding observations at its 1815th meeting, held on 14 June 2013. I. Introduction 2. The Committee welcomes the submission of the combined second to fourth periodic reports of the State party and the written replies to its list of issues (CRC/C/ISR/Q/24/Add.1), and expresses appreciation for the constructive dialogue held with the multisectoral delegation of the State party. 3. The Committee however considers that the State party’s persistent refusal to provide information and data and to respond to the Committee’s written questions on children living in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (hereafter OPT), including East Jerusalem and the Occupied Syrian Golan Heights, greatly affects the adequacy of the reporting process and the State’s accountability for the implementation of the Convention. The Committee urges the State party to comply with the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the OPT (I.C.J report 2004, para. 163 (3) A.) and to abide by its obligations to ensure the full application of the Convention in Israel and in the OPT, including the West Bank, the Gaza Strip as well as in the Occupied Syrian Golan heights. II. Follow-up measures undertaken and progress achieved by the State party 4. The Committee welcomes the adoption of the following legislative measures: (a) The Amendment No. 14 to the Youth (Trial, Punishment and Modes of Treatment) Law No. 5731-1971 of July 2009 which gives priority to rehabilitation treatment over punishment of children accused and/or convicted of committing a crime and prohibits detention of children below 14 years without a court order; (b) The Assistance to Sex Violence Minor Crime Victims’ Law No. 5769-2008 which establishes the right for a child victim of sexual violence to receive immediate assistance in crisis centre; GE.13-45025